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    Summer flower bonanza

    Jul 07, 2022 5 minutes
    Words Leigh Clapp

    There is an abundance of brilliant flowers that will help you to keep the colour going in your garden throughout the warmer months. Opt for plenty of high and late summer choices, and ‘add a handful of reliable, perennial workhorses – they’re a great starting point,’ says Richard Wilson, horticulturalist at RHS Garden Rosemoor. ‘These will keep flowering all summer long and with the application of a few tricks of the trade, such as the Chelsea Chop and regular deadheading, will endure well into autumn.’

    Here, gardening experts share their favourites that they wouldn’t be without in summer.

    Juliet Sargeant, award-winning garden designer

    AGAPANTHUS

    ‘Agapanthus are one of the few rounded flower forms, like alliums, and are available in a variety of sizes and flowering times. The only downside is that they are not all hardy, so if in

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